Mohave County miner., 1887-12-03
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Tempe has a dancing school.

sE, JOilIls.
Prescott people are delighted with
Bailey Bros circus.
The Bonanza mine at Quijotas is work
ing about sixty men.
A lodge OF A. O. U. W. has been
organized at Tempe.
Tempe is shortly to have two church
edifices-Methodis and Baptist.
Yuma county wants to fund her floating
Indebtedness, which amounts to Sic, 600.
The Knights OF Pythias gave a grand
ball at Flagstaff on Thanksgiving day
night.
Thomas Gates, superintendent of the
Territorial prison, is able to be around
again.
N. o. Murphy has been appointed land
agent for the Atlantic & Pacific railway
at Prescott
The ruling price OF beef along the line
OF the Atlantic 4 Pacific is 2il4 cents per
pound gross.
Tie Copper Queen smelter at Bisbee is
now yielding daily output OF twenty
tons OF bullion.
The Graham county hospital at Solo
knoxville will be ready for occupancy by
by January LIST.
The preliminary steps have been taken
for the organizing OF an Odd Fellows
Lodge at Florence.
One day last week twenty car loads OF
beef cattle were shipped from Tucson to
San Francisco, Cal,
A washout at Gila Bend, on the South
ern Pacific, delayed trains on that road
three days last week.
The Arizonan says that over fifty sec
tions OF new land will be put under cult
| vatiOn the present season.
All the papers received from Southern
Arizona report that an abundance OF rain
has fallen during the past week
A Holbrook Justice OF the Peace recent
ly fined bad man, who tried to shoot up
the town, $l2J for his little shoot.
The Tempe News says California bIy-
ers are paying two cents gross for beef
steers delivered on the railroad trains in
Arizona.
Co1hise colntv contributed four priso-
ners to the Territorial prison last week,
the result OF two weeks session OF the
district court.
James Carr, who is known as the boss
freigbter OF Arizona" has sold his teams,
wagons, etc, to }. T.. Durkee, OF Tomb
stone, for $27 900.
In Luna valley, Apache county, recent
ly Bud Davidson eloped with Miss VIII
son and Pete Carpenter attempted the
same role with Miss Earl.
The body of an unknown man was
found last week on the desert thfrty-five
miles west OF Phoenix From all indica-
tions death was caused from fatigue and
thirst.
The junior editor OF the Globe Silver
Belt gave lunch to a number friends on
Thanksgiving Day the chief dish OF the
spread consisted OF two beeve's heads
roasted in the ground.
The Champion says that Flagstaff
needs better supply OF water and claims
that there is spring near that place
which can furnish water enough to supply
a town OF 30, 1000 inhabitants.
Jerry Barton, who killed f. Swift at
Tombstone few months ago with blow
of his fist, was found guilty of man
slaughter and sentenced by Judge Barnes
to three years in the Territorial prison.
Doc Holiday, who figured very con-
spicuously at Tombstone some five or six
years ago in connection with the carp
gang OF killers, died with his boots off at
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, few days
ago.
The Globe Belt says: We are gratifed
to announce the escape of Nieves Murillo
from the Jail. His absence from the
county was greatly desired as pecuniary
relic TO the taxpayers and the peace Of
this community.
The jury in the case Of B. f. HANDLE
ton, who was tried at Tombstone last
week, on change OF venue from Pima
county, for the killing Of d. NJ. Kahler,
railroad agent at Nogales, returned a
verdict OF not guilty.
The Sentinel says that the gardens OF
Yuma are overhowing with lovely roses
in bud and blossom, while the bright
colored oleander flowers and lovely lemon
and orange trees attract a great deal of at
tention from passing excursionists.
Green u. Glenn, rancher OF Verde
valley, committed suicide on Thursday of
last week. The weapon used was As
calibre British bull dog pistol. No cause
Is given for the act. Deceased left wife
and three children in destitute circum-
stances.
The Hoof and Horn says c. w. Beach,
the we'll known ex-journalist, is engaged
in shipping beef from Banghart's, on the
Prescott & Arizona Central, to Southern
where he says profitable and